Brand struggled early: He had four points at the half on 1-for-3 shooting and finished with 11 points.

"This is his first game actually playing with a different team," Cheeks said. "It's going to take him a minute."

The vaunted five struggled on offense, digging a 16-4 hole midway through the first quarter. Williams was the second Sixer off the bench, after shooting guard Willie Green.

The Sixers open the regular season on the 29th at home against Toronto, which means either a Chris Bosh or Jermaine O'Neal matchup for Elton.

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"When the Clippers turned things around in 2006, it happened because Elgin had picked Chris Kaman and traded for Elton Brand and Sam Cassell ... and Dunleavy's contribution was basically, "let's pass on Danny Granger for Yaroslav Korolev."
"and naming Dunleavy their new general manager. (Insert sound of every Bucks fan laughing hysterically."

I watched the sixers vs Celtics game yesterday mostly to see Brand's performance. He looked in good shape and was running the floor well.
He didnt score much and didnt look very dominant, his speed was there but didnt execute on every play. Its still too early to say much about his game.

ACD and Dunleavy Rules, all I can say is, "Amen". Of course, picking Reggie Williams over Reggie Miller was a pretty amazing thing, too!

BTW, I thought Dunleavy gave a pretty good interview about his GM job. Face it, this guy has helped breath a lot of hope into this franchise. For all the MD bashers, should we go back to the good ole Chris Ford, Bill Fitch, Bobby Weiss, and Alvin Gentry days? We all know how much talent that quartet recruited in the way of draft picks and free agency signings.....

As MD said in his interview, don't lose sight of 2010. The Clippers are trying to win now and win later. In the past, Clipper hopes of winning now were dim and the hopes of winning later was strictly based on how the lotto balls would bounce and on how much Elgin would screw up their draft choice.

I think St. Elton is in for a rude awakening in Philly. I think Igudola is gonna be the main offensive weapon and he's not going to get as many touches as he's used to. I don't expect him to average 20 points. 10 boards maybe, but his overall production will be down.

I know preseason means diddly-squat, but that was an impressive win. With starter playing no more than 20 mins, with Camby and Gordon on the bench, all of the role/bench player stepped up and made contributions. Novak knocked them down from everywhere, Taylor only missed 3 shots, Jordan was a beast, Hart controlled the tempo ... tempted to make the assertion that the Clips' bench is deeper than the Lakers bench.

It's only preseason, but I'm still really impressed. Let's hope we get out of the preseason healthy, and see what happens when the season starts!

Yeah, Kaman had a bad night but c'mon - trade him? Get a freakin' GRIP!!!

This team could be scary - we got a great big man rotation, some nice wings, 3-pt shooting for days (Novak lit it up, Ricky D helped, too!), and a better PG rotation than we could've hoped for if tonite is any indication.

Diddy was king but Hart and Taylor really brought it, too.

Dismissive shitheads like Hollinger are gonna eat a lot of crow if we an build on tonite and take it into the season.

strong game very impressed all our guys know their role and do it well.

Mike has the tools to be a stud in the game and I see future Rondo written on him but he needs time to develop along with Jordan.

With that I'm still open to the idea of another PG to help back-up BD and Hart in the long run of the seaon. Hart looked like a lock as the second option but another option never hurts. Taylor and Jordan should still see some mins this season though.